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Regulation. The Building Department and Board of Health enacted a required checklist for dwellings to be Report of the demolished. The Rodent Control Regulation set the Mashpee Historical requirements to be added to the checklist. The second Commission regulation reviewed was for synthetic drugs. The proposed regulation will make it illegal to sell and distribute synthetic drugs that mimic marijuana. The To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the ever changing types of toxic chemicals that are added Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: to the street drugs are taking a toll on our younger population. Both regulations are in draft form but will The mission of the Mashpee Historical be finalized in 2016. A new regulation concerning Commission is to preserve and maintain the history of mobile food vendors was previously reviewed which Mashpee and to identify, evaluate, and protect its was adopted in March,2015. cultural heritage,historic records,and properties. Our office is located in the Archives Building at 13 Great The Barnstable County Department of Health and Neck Road North,and is open Monday and Thursday, Environment provided the summer bathing beach 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. from late May through December. sampling labor and administrative reporting to the Town and Commonwealth. The Department of Public 2015 has been a very busy and exciting year. Health changed the protocol for closing beaches in During the winter Rosemary Bums Love, author and 2015 due to indicator organisms from one sampling Commissioner since 1986 submitted her pictorial event to two. For a bathing beach to be considered history Mashpee in Words and Pictures to Rock "closed" it would have to fail or have indicator Village Publishing with expected delivery in organisms exceed their regulatory limit for two days in September. Funding for this book under the a row,not one. There was one salt-water beach closing Community Preservation Act was approved at May due to high bacterial counts in Mashpee. The salt- 2014 Town Meeting. Mitigation funds ($22,500) water closing occurred at the Popponesset Beach on ordered by Cape Cod Commission and given by Beach Road. No freshwater closings occurred in 2015. National Development upon completion of their Santuit Pond had no advisories posted for an algae memory-care,assisted-living facility Bridges by Epoch bloom for the first time in eight years. at Mashpee were received in June and turned over to The Barnstable County Department of Health and the Community Preservation Committee to reimburse Environment also provides the summer "sanitarians" them for their grant to publish this book. The books that help the Board of Health perform swimming pool, were delivered on September 8th for sale at the food establishment,tanning and bodywork inspections. Archives,Public Library,and local bookstores,Market Two summer sanitarians were used, however, both Street Bookstore and Isaiah Thomas Books and Prints. were offered full-time employment which shortened Books have been distributed to Selectmen; Town their commitment to the Town. We are glad that the Officers and department heads; school, Town and well-trained summer sanitarians have been able to CLAMS libraries, and interested businesses and further their careers but the loss of labor during the individuals who shared their historic photo collections summer has limited our ability to provide coverage as with Ms. Burns. Proceeds from the sale will go to the we have in years past. Historical Commission for historic preservation projects. In conclusion, 2015 proved to be a year of challenging public health issues which required In May the Archives Building received its continued diligence and action. We would also like to occupancy permit and on June 4, the Historical commend our health agents and administrative staff for Commission began its return to the Archives with the their professionalism, conscientiousness and materials and furniture from our temporary space in commitment to the residents of our Town. Town Hall. Some boxed collections at Anchor Self- Respectfully submitted, Storage since January 2012 were returned for the Commissioners to sort and arrange. File cabinets will Burton Kaplan, Chair return in early 2016. Kalliope Egloff,Co-Chair Lucy Burton, Clerk 104